General Background. The Order of the Silver Rose is a magical order that has two main beliefs firstly that Magic is neither good nor Evil, it just is and that all magic research should be pursued. The second thing is that Magic should not be at the beck and call of the authorities and thus the order has always refused to get involved with the authorities.

The order has two main groups, the Magus, the magic users and the Guardians, trained fighter/Rogues who guard the Orders premises and accompany the Magus on their trips.

Game play.

The Order constantly sends out teams to obtain magical items for study back at the various citadels. The basic team is one Magus and one Guardian who are assigned to each other and remain as a team on each mission.

I am looking for three such teams, which at the beginning will be in three separate threads. This is for the following reason, one it will allow the teams to become one before they mix with other teams. And secondly it will hopefully overcome the problem most new games have of players dropping and others waiting for posts that never come.

System. Either D&D 3.5 or free form dependent upon which those that wish to play opt to use.

Teams.

One Magus and one guardian, the pairings as regard to gender are up to the players.

Races are open however some races may come with disadvantages in game play, Drow etc. As we seem to be going for 3.5 then all characters are second level with max HP for each level.Characters are equipped by the order with reasonable equipment for the level, chain mail or scale for the Guardians etc and 50 gp.Each Magus has a masterwork dagger given to them upon finishing their training. Each Guardian has a masterwork weapon of their choice.They are also given a potion of cure light wounds and neutralize poison.

I'd love to throw my hat in the ring for this... We've got two Magus and three Guardians, right? I'd love to throw my name in as a male Magus, but I'm frankly okay with any role; male or female, Magus or Guardian. Also I'd love to play 3.5, I'm a huge fan.

If you're a person without a pairing, send me a PM and we can figure out what I should be :)

I've never used a system on this site, but the dice roller seems simple enough. Is there anything we should keep in mind when making our characters? Like, ability generation method, I guess. Is it rolled or point-buy?

I am borrowing the basic character sheet format from another game just getting started on here, I hope it is alright. I do have a quick question as well- if she wanted a ranged weapon, would they give her a bow(long or short) or would she need to buy it from the 50gp she starts with?

Name: JadeClass: Fighter-2Race: HumanSize: MediumAge: 20Sex: FemaleAlignment: L-NReligion:Appearance: Tall, slender, with pale skin, an athletic tone and long black hair she usually keeps tied out of the way. She has chiseled, almost regal features and deep green eyes.

HistoryJade is the daughter of a minor noble. She believes in honor and discipline above all else. Her mother was in the Order before she settled down and married her father, so Jade is following in her footsteps.

32 point buy is fine.Both guardians and Magus would be equipped with a melee and a ranged weapon appropriate to their class.Although in the case of the Magus their masterwork weapon is always a dagger.

Sixteen years ago, Aurin Alazar and the lady mage Sioban Marten aided a city besieged by hobgoblins and fiends. In the seventeenth day of the siege Aurin, injured and fatigued, confronted the balor leading the beasts on the north bridge. with a blade laboriously bespelled by Sioban, he plunged into the demon's fiery aura and drove the blade into its heart. He died in the resulting conflaguration, saving Sioban and leaving his son Marco with a very big set of shoes to fill. Raised by his instructors in the Order of the Silver Rose, he accepted their teachings and took emotional sollace in his father's heroisim and the thought that he, too, migth be a mighty gaurdian one day. As he grew towards his full height, Master Armond ended his instruction in athleticism, combat, deportment and trapfinding and put him to work at a smithy. He was heartbroken at the thought he must have failed in his studies. After a few days of despair, he dedicated himself to the discipline of the forge in hopes of restoring himself in his teacher's eyes. In pumping bellows and hammering iron, he found discipline and serenity he'd lacked. He also gained great strength. A year later, he was given his father's first sword and taught to use it, then was assinged to the defense of a beautiful sorceress...